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Shelters make mega-payouts to pit bull victims: what will change?

September 15, 2019 By Merritt Clifton

Two seven-figure settlements in five days might make “socially responsible sheltering the new norm––if the idea isn’t corrupted             LOS ANGELES, California;  FORT WALTON BEACH, Florida––Representatives of pit bull attack victims twice in five days in early September 2019 announced apparent record-setting damage awards from animal care and control agencies for alleged negligence in allowing […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal control, Animal organizations, Dog attacks, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Laws & politics, Population control, Population control, Shelters, USA Tagged With: Apryl Steele, Doug Rae, Jan McHugh-Smith, Marcia Mayeda, Merritt Clifton, Paige Woody, Pamela Devitt, Zoey Green

“No-kill” debacle: will Pueblo bring “responsible sheltering” into vogue?

April 16, 2019 By Merritt Clifton

90% “live release” mandate failed catastrophically in less than 90 days             PUEBLO,  Colorado––“You can’t manage an animal shelter to a number,”  Humane Society of the Pikes Peak Region president Jan McHugh-Smith told Pueblo Chieftan reporter Anthony A. Mestas,  hours after her organization returned to running the Pueblo Animal Services shelter on April 9,  2019,  […]

Filed Under: Animal control, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Cats, Cruelty & neglect, Cruelty & neglect, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Humane history, Laws & politics, Population control, Population control, Religion & philosophy, Shelters, USA Tagged With: Doug Rae, Elisabeth Lewyt, Jan McHugh-Smith, Jeff Young, Lynda Foro, Marvin Mackie, Nathan Winograd, Richard Avanzino

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